Lesson Review Note
| contractor | κ³μ½μ(κ³΅μ¬ μ 체) |
| installer | μ€μΉ κΈ°μ¬ |
| go for a stroll | μ°μ± νλ€ |
| take her for a walk | κ·Έλ λ₯Ό μ°μ± μν€λ€ |
| road salt | λλ‘ μΌνμΉΌμ |
| remedy | ν΄κ²°μ± |
| placebo | νλΌμΈλ³΄(κ°μ§ μ½) |
λ¨μν κ±·λ κ²λ³΄λ€ ν¨μ¬ μ¬μ λ‘κ³ νκ°λ‘κ² κ±°λλ λμμ€λ₯Ό νκΉλλ€.
겨μΈμ² λμ λ Ήμ΄κΈ° μν΄ λΏλ¦¬λ μΌνμΉΌμμ λ»νλ©°, μ λ°μ΄λ κ°μμ§ λ°λ°λ₯μ ν΄λ‘μΈ μ μλ€λ λ§₯λ½μμ μμ£Ό μ°μ λλ€.
μ§λ³μ μΉλ£λ²μ΄λΌλ λ»λ μμ§λ§, μΌμμ μΈ λ¬Έμ λ κ³€λν μν©μ ν΄κ²°νκΈ° μν 'ν΄κ²°μ± 'μ΄λΌλ μλ―Έλ‘λ λ리 μ¬μ©λ©λλ€.
Three sistersβHannah, Rachel, and Zoeyβsat in a tense circle. Their motherβs birthday was approaching, and they were determined to break their streak of failed gifts. Mrs. Miller was notoriously picky; she hated cash, but she also found fault with everything else. Two years ago, they bought her a high-tech coffee maker she called "too loud," and last year, a luxury spa day she claimed was "a waste of time."
"We need to stay focused," Hannah said. "The contractor for the new garden patio just called. The stone she wanted is out of stock."
"Iβm open to suggestions," Zoey sighed, "but we need to move fast. The installer is only available this Thursday."
"Iβm leaning towards the local slate," Rachel suggested. "It's durable and elegant. What do you say?"
Hannah shook her head. "I have to push back on the slate. Itβs too dark. Mom wants the garden to be a place where she can take her for a walkβI mean, where she can go for a stroll with her dog in the mornings."
"Wait, hear me out," Zoey interrupted. "Slate is better because of the winter. We can tell her it won't be ruined by road salt. She'll appreciate the practicality."
"Iβm not so sure about that," Hannah countered. "Sheβll think weβre just offering a cheap remedy because we failed to get the marble she wanted. To her, anything that isn't perfect feels like a placebo for a real gift."
"Iβm fairly confident that if we explain the safety benefits, sheβll agree," Rachel insisted. "Iβm really sold on the slate idea. How does that sound, everyone?"
"It sounds like a plan," Hannah finally agreed. "Let's settle on the slate. Letβs lock it in."
On her birthday, Mrs. Miller stepped onto the new patio. She looked at the slate, then at the sisters. "Well," she remarked, "at least itβs not slippery, and it looks like it can handle the winter. This is... acceptable." The sisters exhaled in relief. They had finally survived.
ν΄λ, λ μ΄μ²Ό, μ‘°μ΄ μΈ μλ§€κ° κΈ΄μ₯λ νμ μΌλ‘ λλ¬μμμ΅λλ€. μ΄λ¨Έλμ μμ μ΄ λ€κ°μ€κ³ μμκ³ , μλ§€λ€μ λ§€λ² μ€ν¨νλ μ λ¬Ό μνΉμ¬λ₯Ό λμ΄λ΄κΈ°λ‘ κ²°μ¬νμ΅λλ€. λ°λ¬ λΆμΈμ μ λͺ λμ μ λλ‘ κΉλ€λ‘μ°μ ¨μ΅λλ€. νκΈμ μ«μ΄νμλ©΄μλ λ€λ₯Έ λͺ¨λ μ λ¬Όμλ ν μ μ‘μΌμ ¨μ£ . 2λ μ μλ "μλ¦¬κ° λ무 ν¬λ€"λ©° νλ°νμ κ³ μ±λ₯ μ»€νΌ λ¨Έμ μ, μλ μλ "μκ° λλΉ"λΌκ³ νμ ¨λ κ³ κΈ μ€ν μ΄μ©κΆμ λλ Έλ ν°μμ΅λλ€.
"μ§μ€ν΄μΌ ν΄." ν΄λκ° λ§νμ΅λλ€. "μ μ ν λΌμ€ 곡μ¬λ₯Ό λ§‘μ κ³μ½μνν μ°λ½μ΄ μλλ°, μλ§κ° μνλ μμ¬κ° νμ μ΄λ."
"λ€λ₯Έ μ μ μμΌλ©΄ λ§ν΄λ΄." μ‘°μ΄κ° νμ¨μ μ¬μμ΅λλ€. "νμ§λ§ 빨리 μμ§μ¬μΌ ν΄. μ€μΉ κΈ°μ¬λμ΄ μ΄λ² μ£Ό λͺ©μμΌμλ§ μκ°μ΄ λμκ±°λ ."
"λλ μ§μμμ λλ μ νμ μͺ½μΌλ‘ λ§μμ΄ κΈ°μΈκ³ μμ΄." λ μ΄μ²Όμ΄ μ μνμ΅λλ€. "λ΄κ΅¬μ±μ΄ μ’κ³ μΈλ ¨λμμ. λν¬ μκ°μ μ΄λ?"
ν΄λλ κ³ κ°λ₯Ό μ μμ΅λλ€. "μ νμμ λ°λμΌ. λ무 μ΄λμ. μλ§λ μμΉ¨μ κ°μμ§λ₯Ό μ°μ± μν€κ±°λ, κ·Έλ¬λκΉ λ³ΈμΈμ΄ μ§μ μ°μ± ν μ μλ λ°μ μ μμ μνμ λ¨ λ§μ΄μΌ."
"μ κΉλ§, λ΄ λ§ λκΉμ§ λ€μ΄λ΄." μ‘°μ΄κ° λ§μ λμμ΅λλ€. "겨μΈμ μκ°νλ©΄ μ νμμ΄ λ λμ. λλ‘ μΌνμΉΌμ λλ¬Έμ λ§κ°μ§μ§ μμ κ±°λΌκ³ λ§μλ리면 μ€μ©μ μ΄λΌκ³ μ’μνμ€ κ±°μΌ."
"그건 μ’ μλ κ² κ°μλ°." ν΄λκ° λ§λ°μμ³€μ΅λλ€. "μλ§λ μ°λ¦¬κ° μλ μνμ ¨λ λ리μμ ꡬνμ§ λͺ»ν΄μ κ·Έλ₯ μ λ ΄ν ν΄κ²°μ± μ λ΄λμ κ±°λΌκ³ μκ°νμ€ κ±°μΌ. μλ§μκ² μλ²½νμ§ μμ 건 μ§μ§ μ λ¬Όμ λμ νλ κ°μ§(νλΌμΈλ³΄)μΌ λΏμ΄λΌκ³ ."
"μμ μμ μ₯μ μ μ€λͺ ν΄ λ리면 μλ§λ λμνμ€ κ±°λΌκ³ κ½€ νμ ν΄." λ μ΄μ²Όμ΄ κ³ μ§νμ΅λλ€. "λλ μ νμ μμ΄λμ΄μ μμ μ€λλμ΄. λ€λ€ μ΄λ?"
"μ’μ, κ·Έλ κ² νμ." ν΄λκ° λ§μΉ¨λ΄ λμνμ΅λλ€. "μ νμμΌλ‘ κ²°μ νμ. νμ μ§μ."
μμ λ , λ°λ¬ λΆμΈμ μ ν λΌμ€λ‘ κ±Έμ΄ λμμ΅λλ€. λΆμΈμ μμ¬λ₯Ό μ΄ν΄λ³Έ λ€ λΈλ€μ λ°λΌλ³΄μμ΅λλ€. "μ," λΆμΈμ΄ λ§μνμ ¨μ΅λλ€. "μ μ΄λ λ―Έλλ½μ§λ μκ² κ΅¬λ. 겨μΈλ μ 견λ κ² κ°κ³ . μ΄κ±΄... ν©κ²©μ΄λ€." μλ§€λ€μ μλμ νμ¨μ λ΄μ¬μμ΅λλ€. λ§μΉ¨λ΄ μ΄μλ¨μ κ²μ λλ€.